About me

Vice-chair, Quality and Risk Management, Department of Surgery
Emeritus Associate Professor of Surgery

I am the Vice Chairman for Quality and Risk Management and Associate Professor of Surgery at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine. I chair the Department of Surgery’s Quality Committee. I retired from clinical practice July 1, 2020.

I received my undergraduate and medical degrees from the University of Illinois, and completed my residency in general surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. My first faculty appointment was to the division of gastrointestinal surgery at the University of Michigan. I joined the Penn faculty in 1993. I received my law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 2012. My academic interests focus on health law-related topics especially informed consent, healthcare reform, and risk reduction strategies for medical malpractice.

I am certified by the American Board of Surgery and have Added Qualifications in Surgical Critical Care. I am a licensed attorney in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Education and training

Medical School: University of Illinois School of Medicine
Residency: University of California San Francisco
Residency: UCSF Medical Center and Hospital
Residency: Philadelphia Veterans Administration Medical Center

My Locations

Penn Medicine hospital privileges

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.
Penn Presbyterian Medical Center: On the medical staff, but does not have privileges to treat patients in the hospital.

Dr. Raper is a Penn Medicine physician.

Qualifications and experience

Board certifications

Memberships

My research

McCullough BA, Yudkoff M, Batshaw ML, Wilson JM, Raper SE, Tuchman M Genotype spectrum of ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency: correlation with the clinical and biochemical phenotype. , American Journal of Medical Genetics, 93(4): 2000,313-9

Chirmule N, Raper SE, Burkly L, Thomas D, Tazelaar J, Hughes JV, Wilson JM Readministration of adenoviral vector in non-human primate lungs by blockade of CD-40-CD40L interactions. , Journal of Virology , 74: 2000,3345-3352

Raper SE Acute pancreatitis secondary to dehydration: Case report and review of the literature. , American Surgeon , 65(11): 1999,1084-1087

Nunes, FA, Furth EE, Wilson JM, Raper, SE Gene transfer into the liver of non-human primates with E1-deleted recombinant adenoviral vectors: Safety of readministration. , Human Gene Therapy, 10(15): 1999,2515-2526

Burke CV, Buettger CW, Davis EA, McClane SJ, Matschinsky FM, Raper SE Cell biological assessment of human glucokinase mutants causing maturity onset diabetes of the young type 2 (MODY-2) or glucokinase-linked hyperinsulinemia. , Biochemical Journal, 342(Pt 2): 1999,345-352

Chirmule N, Truneh A, Haecker SE, Tazelaar J, Gao G-P, Raper SE, Hughes JV, Wilson JM Repeated administration of adenoviral vectors in lungs of human CD4 transgenic mice treated with a non-depleting CD4 antibody. , Journal of Immunology , 163(1): 1999,448-55

DeMatteo RP, Yeh H, Friscia M, Capparelli D, Burke CV, Desai N, Chu G, Markmann JF, Raper SE, Barker CF Cellular immunity delimits adenoviral gene therapy strategies for the treatment of neoplastic diseases. , Annals of Surgical Oncology , 6(1): 1999,88-94

Hashimoto M, Kothary P, Raper SE Phenobarbital in comparison with carbon tetrachloride and phenobarbital induced cirrhosis in rat liver regeneration. , Journal of Surgical Research , 81(2): 1998,164-169

Hashimoto M, Kothary P, Raper SE. Treatment of cirrhotic rats with epidermal growth factor and insulin accelerates liver DNA synthesis after partial hepatectomy. , Journal of Gastroenterology & Hepatology , 13(12): 1998,1259-1265

Ye X, Gao G-P, Pabin C, Raper SE, Wilson JM. Evaluating the Potential of Germline Transmission after Intravenous Administration of Recombinant Adenovirus in the C3H Mouse. , Human Gene Therapy, 9(14): 1998,2135-2142

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